Crystal (Keeran) Nelson Resume

Crystal Nelson LEED AP BD+C crystalRnelson@hotmail.com

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Crystal Nelson LEED AP BD+C

“ Being an Architect means that you’re design conscious all the time.”

Andrew van Leeuwen, Build LLC

Accept the things you cannot change - change the things you cannot accept walnut | LED | plexiglas Crystal designed this piece as a commentary, or call to action, for Architects. Why should one choose to accept bad design? The Architect’s role is to recognize and communicate how environments can be improved while convincing society towards the importance of design.

Crystal Nelson LEED AP BD+C education

NewSchool of Architecture, San Diego M.A., Architecture 3.46 Overall GPA Thesis available at www.crystalizeddesign.com [completed June 2010] University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., Fine Arts EMPHASIS: Print & Digital Media MINOR: History of Art & Architecture [completed June 2003]

registration

NCARB Record No.: [441753] Total Approved Hours: [976] LEED AP Building Design + Construction [ID: 10464714] AIA-San Diego Member [ID: 30515869] USGBC Member

awards

Top Award Winner at Cal Poly San Louis Obispo’s 2010 Design Village [Team Leader] NewSchool Scholarship [2008] Deans List: [7 Quarters]

Crystal, a native of San Diego, is passionate about bringing ideas to definite form through a collaborative design process that improves actual and virtual environments. What does this mean? Art, branding, housewares, interior design, architecture, web design, graphics, furniture, etc. Anything that can be designed well makes a difference in our quality of life.

professional

Organization & Leadership • Sole manager & communicator regarding all material purchased, staged, & taken to multiple job sites for design/ build firm [avg. $50K in purchasing a month].

• Maintained consistency & accuracy of firm billing policy for 13 Partners within the 4th largest San Diego law firm, including the managing partner.

• Lead sales executive responsible for restructuring, hiring, and training a new advertising department for the campus newspaper at UC, Santa Barbara.

• President of class in high school for 4 years.

Communication & Skill Development • Sole draftsperson for design-build firm effectively communicating with professionals including Architects, Contractors, and Interior Designers for over 5 years.

• Assembled specification documentation for bid in high-end lighting, audio/video, security, and integration systems.

• Responsible for the design of all marketing material produced for the UC, Santa Barbara Counseling and Career services for the 2002-03 school year.

Crystal Nelson

LEED LEED AP AP BD+C BD+C

work history

Architecture Intern KdA Architects, S.D. [October 2010 - Present] Design Associate LIGHTWORKS, S.D. [May 2006 - Present] Billing Coordinator GORDON&REES LLP, S.D. [May05 - May06] Receptionist/Coordinator KITCHEN&BATH, R.I. [Feb05 - May05] Website Consultant Z57, S.D. [Sept03 - Feb05] Marketing Internship C&C SERVICES, S.B. [Sept02 - Jun03] Advertising Account Executive DAILY NEXUS, S.B. [Feb00 - Jun02]

skills AutoCAD Adobe: Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Flash Dreamweaver REVIT [BIM]

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Google Sketchup: VRay MS Office: Word Excel PowerPoint HTML/CSS/JS/JQuery 75 WPM

details

Crystal R Nelson 2729 Worden Street San Diego, CA 92110 crystalRnelson@hotmail.com (619) 403-6256